Government conducting financial survey, and census in 2014
17 Oct 2012, 7:43 PM
Daniel Bosley
The government has decided to conduct a national census in 2014 while the Department for National Planning is currently conducting an economic survey to gauge the country’s productivity.
The last census was conducted in 2006 by the Ministry of Planning and Development after the 2005 census had been delayed after the previous year’s tsunami.
The first modern census in the Maldives was said to have been carried out in 1977. Following this, the government conducted the survey once every five years from 1985.
The 2006 census required just under 3000 staff to conduct and collected data relating to the size, geographical distribution, and socio-economic characteristics of the population including age, sex, educational attainments, marital status, and employment.
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